National Library and Court of Appeal construction

Photograph album containing photographs taken by an unidentified photographer between 1975 and 1976 relating to the Ministry of Works construction of the National Library of New Zealand building and the Court of Appeal building on opposite corners at the intersection of Molesworth Street and Aitken Street,Thorndon, Wellington.

One set of photographs of the National Library construction taken between April and June 1976 depict: various views of the National Library building foundations under construction, entrances to the site, reinforcing steel in foundation walls and slab, concrete foundation beams, Welcon trucks and drivers at work excavating the site, copper pipes and drains connected to a sump, welds and beams, "Terry the foreman" on a concrete truck, and high angle views of the foundations taken from the Ferguson Building,

One set of photographs of the Court of Appeal construction taken between March 1975 and September 1976 depict: the site frontage on Molesworth Street including the fish and chips shop and the "C Haynes" building taken 26 February 1976, site frontage on Aiken Street including "ASRS" building and an old house with sign "Central Division of the National Library", high angle view of site taken from Vogel Building, the demolished ASRS building, excavation of the site, concrete basement walls, core walls, steel over core doorways used for earthquake resistance, recast concrete cladding, ground floor, and service tunnel and foundations of nearby Vogel Building.

Each photograph is accompanied by a caption handwritten in chinagraph pencil which describes the site location of the view and/or the stage of construction, many captions appear to relate to site or building plan specifications. Some album pages are annotated with a date.

Includes a loose page from an appointment diary bearing nine black and white photographs showing foundations work on National Library site, including the pile cage, basement slab, buttress walls, beams, and grid. Page is date stamped "Mar 1976 and "8 Mar 1975".

Title supplied by Library.

Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 92 black & white photographic prints.

Physical Description: Black bound cover with "Photographs" in gilt text, 32.5 x 35.5 cm; each print is pasted on the page; front cover bears a plastic embossed printed label reading " D A Cunningham"

Many prints are loose from their album page.